10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq

February 20, 2013

In 2003 United States Marines rolled into Iraq, the conlifct latest nearly a decade and took over 4,000 American military lives

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A U.S. Marine from Task Force Tarawa wears his NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) suit sitting in his bunker after an alarm was given for a gas attack, which proved to be false March 25, 2003 in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. After two days of running gun battles the third day seems to be relatively quiet.

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A U.S. Marine from Task Force Tarawa wears his NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) suit sitting in his bunker after an alarm was given for a gas attack, which proved to be false March 25, 2003 in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. After two days of running gun battles the third day seems to be relatively quiet.